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  • Conjugation : past  phrased ; ing  phrasing
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

phrase [freɪz]
  1. 1. noun [c] (expression) 习语
  2. 2. noun (in phrase book,dictionary) 短语
  3. 3. noun (not clause) 词组
  4. 4. noun (quotation) 警句
  5. 5. noun [音] 短句
  6. 6. vt. (word) (in speech) 表达
  7. 7. vt. (in writing) 措辞
    set phrase
    固定词组
    turn of phrase
    措辞

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

phrase [freɪz]
  1. 1. n.[c] 短语词组
  2. 2. n.[c] 乐句
  3. 3. n.[c] 习语成语惯用语
  4. 4. n.[c] 舞蹈动作中的一段
  5. 5. vt. 言辞表达措辞
  6. 6. vt. 把……分出乐句

Collins English-English Dictionary

phrase [freɪz]
  1. 1. n a group of words forming an immediate syntactic constituent of a clause - Compare clause noun phrase verb phrase
  2. 2. n a particular expression, esp an original one
  3. 3. n [music] a small group of notes forming a coherent unit of melody
  4. 4. n (in choreography) a short sequence of dance movements
  5. 5. vt. [tr] [music] to divide (a melodic line, part, etc) into musical phrases, esp in performance
  6. 6. vt. to express orally or in a phrase
  7. 7. vt. [Etymology] C16: from Latin phrasis, from Greek: speech, from phrazein to declare, tell

Examples

The speech was translated phrase by phrase into six languages.
演讲按逐段翻译成六种语言。
a well-turned phrase
恰当的措词
The phrase you have to read is just below mine.
你要读的短语就在我要读的下面。
turn of phrase
措辞
a set phrase
一个固定词组
The adjective "red" in the phrase "an red bag" modifies "bag".
词组“一个红书包”中,形容词“红”修饰“书包”。

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